Illustrative image. (The Israeli Defense Forces)
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) wounded United Nations peacekeepers and killed Lebanese soldiers on October 11 while supposedly operating against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.
In a statement, the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said that that an IDF bulldozer knocked over barriers at UN position 1-31 near the Blue Line in the town of Labbouneh, and IDF tanks moved into the proximity of the UN position.
“Today, several T-walls at our UN position 1-31, near the Blue Line in Labbouneh, fell when an IDF [bulldozer] hit the perimeter and IDF tanks moved in the proximity of the UN position,” it said. “Our peacekeepers remained at the location, and a UNIFIL Quick Reaction Force was dispatched to assist and reinforce the position.”
The incident is not connected to the one earlier in the day, in which UNIFIL said that two peacekeepers were injured “after two explosions occurred close to an observation tower.”
The incidents put the peacekeeping forces “at very serious risk,” the UN force added, warning that “any deliberate attack on peacekeepers is a grave violation of international humanitarian law and Security Council resolution 1701.”
Earlier, the IDF said that it was investigating reports of damage to a UNIFIL position and injuries to two peacekeepers in southern Lebanon.
“A short time ago, a report was received of damage to the UNIFIL outpost in the al-Nakura area,” the IDF told The Times of Israel. “According to the report, as a result of the damage to the outpost, two UNIFIL personnel were injured. The incident is being investigated and its details are being examined.”
The incident drew condemnation from several countries, including ones closely allied to Israel, like the United Kingdom and France.
Separately, the IDF struck a position of the Lebanese military near the town of Kafra in southern Lebanon. The Lebanese military said in a statement that two soldiers were killed and three others were wounded as a result of the strike. This was the second such incident since Israel launched its ground operation against Hezbollah.
The clashes on the Lebanese-Israeli border first broke out after the start of the war in the Gaza Strip, with Hezbollah launching attacks in support of the Palestinian enclave. Israel escalated its attacks on Lebanon starting from September 17 and on September 27 it assassinated the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Hassan Nassrallah.
The IDF officially announced the launch of a limited ground operation against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon on September 30.
So far, the confrontation has resulted in 29 civilian deaths in Israel and the occupied Syrian Golan Heights as well as the deaths of at least 34 soldiers and security officers. On the Lebanese side, more than 2,100 people have been killed, including more than 500 members of Hezbollah.
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now you came about real army, and can not move a meter in lebanon. such a great army! 👍 just keep on throwing those massive bombs here and there. they aren’t cheap you know.
if the muslims put down their weapons, there will be peace! if israel put down their weapons, there will be no more israel.
that kind of peace ? in 2002, bibi suggested using popular american television shows, such as “melrose place” and “beverly hills 90210”, to incite a revolution against the conservative iranian clergy. peace trough jewllywood propaganda….
we’ve seen what kind of “peace” there can be in gaza. the peace of the concentration camp. torture, rape, looting, starvation, genocide. kiddies and pregnant women sniped at and shot in the head, medical staff massacred and dumped in mass graves, drones playing sounds of screaming women and children so that people coming out can be massacred. this is the only ” peace” the subhuman rabid zio filth ever offer.
un-unifil is under direct attack by israel in lebanon and the us does nothing. what would they do if it happened in nyc?
murderous israeli military wil become wanted fugitives when the war is over.